Exploding toy



' May 19, 1925. 1,538,778

H. L. ADAMS I I EXPLODING'TOY' Filed Feb. 23, 1923 A ar/y Z. diam INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented May 19, 1925.

UNITED STATES HARRY L. ADAMS, OF VENTNOB, NEW JERSEY.

EXPLODING TOY.

Application filed February 23, 1923. Serial No. 620,771.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, IIARRYIJ. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ventnor, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Exploding Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to the type of exploding toy which comprises a socket shaped anvil designed to receive an explosive paper cap or other appropriate explosive on its bottom and a feathered detachable hammer fitting into the anvil whereby when the toy is dropped to a pavement or other hard surface the paper cap or other explosive will be exploded, and the force of the explosion will impel the hammer into the air.

The object of my said invention is to improve the type of exploding toy indicated by the provision of an exploding toy characterized by an inexpensive durable construction, and also characterized by a construction calculated to contribute to the force with which the feathered hammer is projeclsted into the air when it leaves the anv1 To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure 1 comprises disconnected views of portions illustrative of my improvement in the act of exploding.

Figure 2 is an enlarged diametrical section showing the hammer as properly positioned in the anvil.

Figure 3 is an inverted planview of the hammer showing the perforations in the bottom of the sheet metal cup comprised in the hammer.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The cup-shaped anvil 1 of my improvement is formed of appropriate metal. In addition to the anvil 1 my improvement comprises a feather 2 and a hammer 3.

By reference to Figure 2 it will be understood that my novel hammer 3 includes a body or filler 4, and a sheet metal covering 5 spun on or otherwise permanently fixed to the body or filler 4 so as to move as a unit therewith when the toy is expioded. The body or filler is formed of wood, fiber or analogous material and is provided 1n its upper side with a socket 6 in which the quill 7 of the feather 2 is permanently secured by glue or other appropriate material. Secured permanently in the center of the body or filler 4 is a wood screw 8, with a rounded head 9 which head 9 is disposed immediately below the body or filler 4.- and oflers a projection on:said bottom- The sheet metal covering 5 has its bottom arranged against the said screw head 9 and in contact therewith so that the metallic screw head 9 armors and reenforces the body or filler 1 at a point in coincidence with the center portion of the covering 5 which is designed to strike against and explode thecap or other explosive 10 which in practice is interposed between the anvil and the hammer after the manner clearly brought out in Figure 2. It will also be noted by reference to Figure 2 that the screw head 9 in cooperation with the bottom of the covering 5 forms a chamber 11 between the bottom of the covering 5 and the lower side of the body or filler 1 which chamber 11 is in communication with the apertures 12 formed in the bottom of the covering 5, it being understood that in practice the hammer covering 5 fits snugly in the anvil 1 prior to the dropping of the top on a pavement or the like with the paper cap or other explosive positioned as shown in Figure 2. It will be appreciated that on the explosion of the paper cap or other explosives, the explosion will first force the hammer 3 out of the anvil 1. It will also be appreciated that some of the expanding gases incident to the explosion will enter the chamber 11, and then after the hammer 3 leaves the anvil 1, the said gases will escape forcibly through the apertures 12 into the atmosphere and in so doing will increase the flash afforded by the operation of the toy and at the same time will assist in projecting the hammer 3 with its feather 2 into the air with the result that the toy will afford considerable amusement to a child.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that notwithstanding the practical advantages of my novel toy the same is susceptible of being manufactured at small cost.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of the invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however to be understood as confining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangement .of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the invention various changes and modifications may be made such as fall Within the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claim. 1

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

In an exploding toy a hammer and a feather carried thereby, the said hammer comprising a body or filler of light material having a socket in its upper side in Which the quill of the feather is permanently secured, a Wood screw secured in the body or filler-at the center and against the underside thereof and having a rounded head projecting from said underside, and a cup-shaped sheet metal covering permanently secured on the body or filler and having a perforated bottom disposed against the head of the said screw and spaced thereby from the filler, and a cup shaped anvil adapted for the snug arrangement therein of the sheet metal covering of the hammer.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature.

HARRY L. ADAMS. 

